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Debbie Bradshaw

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Top papers

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1 The burden of non-communicable diseases in South Africa. Lancet 2009 6.89
2 Health in South Africa: changes and challenges since 2009. Lancet 2012 3.44
3 Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities. Lancet 2009 3.35
4 Obesity in South Africa: the South African demographic and health survey. Obes Res 2002 3.29
5 Rape of girls in South Africa. Lancet 2002 3.16
6 Setting priorities in child health research investments for South Africa. PLoS Med 2007 2.93
7 Identifying deaths from AIDS in South Africa. AIDS 2005 2.71
8 Every death counts: use of mortality audit data for decision making to save the lives of mothers, babies, and children in South Africa. Lancet 2008 2.43
9 Chronic noncommunicable diseases and HIV-AIDS on a collision course: relevance for health care delivery, particularly in low-resource settings--insights from South Africa. Am J Clin Nutr 2011 1.98
10 Alcohol use in South Africa: findings from the first Demographic and Health Survey (1998). J Stud Alcohol 2005 1.95
11 The high burden of injuries in South Africa. Bull World Health Organ 2007 1.88
12 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to physical inactivity in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 1.69
13 A clarion call for action based on refined DALY estimates for South Africa. S Afr Med J 2007 1.61
14 Better health statistics are possible. Lancet 2006 1.54
15 Determinants and treatment of hypertension in South Africans: the first Demographic and Health Survey. S Afr Med J 2008 1.54
16 Certification of diabetes-related mortality: the need for an international guideline. J Clin Epidemiol 2012 1.54
17 Differences among the coloured, white, black, and other South African populations in smoking-attributed mortality at ages 35-74 years: a case-control study of 481,640 deaths. Lancet 2013 1.52
18 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to alcohol use in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 1.47
19 A comparative risk assessment for South Africa in 2000: towards promoting health and preventing disease. S Afr Med J 2007 1.37
20 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to high blood pressure in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 1.34
21 Tobacco use in South Africans during 1998: the first demographic and health survey. J Cardiovasc Risk 2002 1.31
22 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 1.27
23 Masking through averages--intraprovincial heterogeneity in HIV prevalence within the Western Cape. S Afr Med J 2006 1.24
24 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to interpersonal violence in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 1.22
25 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 1.21
26 Rates and causes of child mortality in an area of high HIV prevalence in rural South Africa. Trop Med Int Health 2006 1.18
27 Local-level mortality surveillance in resource-limited settings: a case study of Cape Town highlights disparities in health. Bull World Health Organ 2010 1.15
28 Quality of cause of death certification at an academic hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. S Afr Med J 2009 1.11
29 Unabated rise in number of adult deaths in South Africa. S Afr Med J 2004 1.10
30 Interpersonal violence: an important risk factor for disease and injury in South Africa. Popul Health Metr 2010 1.10
31 The effect of educational attainment and other factors on HIV risk in South African women: results from antenatal surveillance, 2000-2005. AIDS 2009 1.09
32 Urban-rural and gender differences in tobacco and alcohol use, diet and physical activity among young black South Africans between 1998 and 2003. Glob Health Action 2013 1.08
33 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to childhood and maternal undernutrition in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 1.06
34 Identifying deaths from AIDS in South Africa: an update. AIDS 2005 1.05
35 The effect of syndromic management interventions on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa. Sex Reprod Healthc 2010 1.02
36 Evaluating the quality of national mortality statistics from civil registration in South Africa, 1997-2007. PLoS One 2013 1.02
37 Cancer incidence in a rural population of South Africa, 1998-2002. Int J Cancer 2010 1.01
38 Deaths caused by HIV disease under-reported in South Africa. AIDS 2009 0.99
39 Trends in adult tobacco use from two South African Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 1998 and 2003. S Afr Med J 2009 0.99
40 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to smoking in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 0.98
41 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to unsafe water and lack of sanitation and hygiene in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 0.97
42 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to indoor air pollution from household use of solid fuels in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 0.97
43 South African child deaths 1990-2011: have HIV services reversed the trend enough to meet Millennium Development Goal 4? AIDS 2013 0.96
44 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to high cholesterol in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 0.95
45 Poverty and non-communicable diseases in South Africa. Scand J Public Health 2009 0.95
46 Characteristics, availability and uses of vital registration and other mortality data sources in post-democracy South Africa. Glob Health Action 2012 0.94
47 What do we know about the burden of cardiovascular disease in South Africa? Cardiovasc J S Afr 2005 0.94
48 The disability adjusted life years due to stroke in South Africa in 2008. Int J Stroke 2013 0.91
49 The burden of disease attributable to sexually transmitted infections in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 0.91
50 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to urban outdoor air pollution in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 0.88
51 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to iron deficiency anaemia in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 0.88
52 Trends in cancer incidence in rural Eastern Cape Province; South Africa, 1998-2012. Int J Cancer 2014 0.87
53 The role of sexually transmitted infections in the evolution of the South African HIV epidemic. Trop Med Int Health 2011 0.85
54 Progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4. Lancet 2012 0.84
55 The importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research. S Afr Med J 2015 0.83
56 Fatal violence among children under 15 years in four cities of South Africa, 2001-2005. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 2011 0.82
57 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to lead exposure in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 0.81
58 Mental health is integral to public health: a call to scale up evidence-based services and develop mental health research. S Afr Med J 2008 0.80
59 Child mortality in South Africa--we have lost touch. S Afr Med J 2007 0.79
60 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to vitamin A deficiency in South Africa in 2000. S Afr Med J 2007 0.78
61 Human factors affecting the quality of routinely collected data in South Africa. Stud Health Technol Inform 2013 0.78
62 Alcohol as a risk factor for unintentional rail injury fatalities during daylight hours. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 2006 0.78
63 Levels and differentials in childhood mortality in South Africa, 1977-1998. J Biosoc Sci 2006 0.78
64 Improving data to reduce the burden of disease--lessons from the Western Cape. S Afr Med J 2009 0.78
65 Emerging trends in non-communicable disease mortality in South Africa, 1997 - 2010. S Afr Med J 2016 0.78
66 The use of prescribed drugs for common chronic conditions in South Africa in 1998. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2005 0.77
67 Monitoring of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension in South Africa: challenges for the post-2015 global development agenda. S Afr Med J 2014 0.77
68 Persistent burden from non-communicable diseases in South Africa needs strong action. S Afr Med J 2016 0.75
69 Death certificates: let's get it right! S Afr Med J 2009 0.75
70 HIV/AIDS data in South Africa. Lancet 2002 0.75
71 What is the scale of intimate partner homicide? Lancet 2013 0.75
72 Where have all the gun deaths gone? S Afr Med J 2016 0.75
73 Evidence insufficient to confirm the value of population screening for diabetes and hypertension in low- and-middle-income settings. S Afr Med J 2015 0.75
74 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to four selected environmental risk factors in South Africa. Rev Environ Health 2010 0.75
75 South Africa's vital statistics are currently not suitable for monitoring progress towards injury and violence Sustainable Development Goals. S Afr Med J 2017 0.75
76 Where do children die and what are the causes? Under-5 deaths in the Metro West geographical service area of the Western Cape, South Africa, 2011. S Afr Med J 2016 0.75